Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 29, 2017 |
signed chap.80 delivered to governor |
Jun 21, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.569 substituted for a7748 |
Jun 14, 2017 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 05, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
May 24, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
May 23, 2017 |
1st report cal.1146 |
Mar 22, 2017 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S5342
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2017-S5342 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7748
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2999-aa, Pub Health L
2017-S5342 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5342 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the authority of the commissioner of health to issue certificates of public advantage PURPOSE OF THE BILL : This bill would extend the authority of the Commissioner of Health to issue certificates of public advantage (COPAs). SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill would amend subdivision 1 of section 2999-aa of the Public Health Law (PHL) to extend the authority of the Commissioner of Health to issue COPAs from December 31, 2016, to December 31, 2020. Section 2 of the bill would provide for an immediate effective date. EXISTING LAW : PHL section 2999-aa authorizes the Commissioner of Health to issue COPAs. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2017-S5342 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5342 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 22, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- (at request of the Department of Health) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the authority of the commissioner of health to issue certificates of public advantage THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2999-aa of the public health law, as added by section 51 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 1. In order to promote improved quality and efficiency of, and access to, health care services and to promote improved clinical outcomes to the residents of New York, it shall be the policy of the state to encourage, where appropriate, cooperative, collaborative and integrative arrangements including but not limited to, mergers and acquisitions among health care providers or among others who might otherwise be competitors, under the active supervision of the commissioner. To the extent such arrangements, or the planning and negotiations that precede them, might be anti-competitive within the meaning and intent of the state and federal antitrust laws, the intent of the state is to supplant competition with such arrangements under the active supervision and related administrative actions of the commissioner as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article, and to provide state action immunity under the state and federal antitrust laws with respect to activities undertaken by health care providers and others pursuant to this article, where the benefits of such active supervision, arrange- ments and actions of the commissioner outweigh any disadvantages likely to result from a reduction of competition. The commissioner shall not approve an arrangement for which state action immunity is sought under this article without first consulting with, and receiving a recommenda- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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